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Gary
Guest
As most of you know, I've been tasked with the obligation of delivering the Masonic Education in my Lodge. While this has been a rather enlightening venture, it has not been without it's challenges.
At our last Stated Communication, I presented an abbreviated version of my research paper entitled "The Wages of a Master Mason". The paper was the first of it's kind that I have ever written. It involved many hours of research, not to mention a great deal of time to put into a tangible form for presentation. Even after it's completion, I still found that I could revise it further (I did six revisions of the draft). The short talk was very well received by my Lodge, as it was the first oration I had given.
Therein lies the problem. Due to the time that it takes for me to compose such work, I find myself in a position of not being able to keep up with the Lodge schedule. To further complicate the matter, I've found myself in a position of having "set the bar" for forward momentum in my endeavor for increasing the value of Masonic Education.
At this point, my brain is totally fried from the work I've done, and I have little or no time to compose a lecture that would keep with the standard I've set. It would be so much easier if I weren't the only one doing the education. I got the job by default, so there are no volunteers to help.
Our Lodge meets again on Tuesday night, and I've got nothing. Sure, I could dig through my pile of MSA short talks and try to "wing it", but that's precisely what I've worked so hard to avoid. I've got plenty of topic ideas, and no time to adequately prepare them for presentation.
The 24 inch gauge and the cable-tow certainly come to mind.
At our last Stated Communication, I presented an abbreviated version of my research paper entitled "The Wages of a Master Mason". The paper was the first of it's kind that I have ever written. It involved many hours of research, not to mention a great deal of time to put into a tangible form for presentation. Even after it's completion, I still found that I could revise it further (I did six revisions of the draft). The short talk was very well received by my Lodge, as it was the first oration I had given.
Therein lies the problem. Due to the time that it takes for me to compose such work, I find myself in a position of not being able to keep up with the Lodge schedule. To further complicate the matter, I've found myself in a position of having "set the bar" for forward momentum in my endeavor for increasing the value of Masonic Education.
At this point, my brain is totally fried from the work I've done, and I have little or no time to compose a lecture that would keep with the standard I've set. It would be so much easier if I weren't the only one doing the education. I got the job by default, so there are no volunteers to help.
Our Lodge meets again on Tuesday night, and I've got nothing. Sure, I could dig through my pile of MSA short talks and try to "wing it", but that's precisely what I've worked so hard to avoid. I've got plenty of topic ideas, and no time to adequately prepare them for presentation.
The 24 inch gauge and the cable-tow certainly come to mind.